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Dykema Member Earns LEED Green Associate Credential

August 24, 2010

Grand Rapids

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announces that Brian J. Page,
a commercial real estate and business attorney, and former Office
Managing Member of Dykema's Grand Rapids office, recently passed the
LEED Green Associate exam, earning him a LEED Green Associate credential
issued by the Green Building Certification Institute.

LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification
system, providing third-party verification that a building or community
was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance
across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water
efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor
environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to
their impacts. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC),
LEED provides building owners and operators a concise framework for
identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building
design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions.

Mr. Page has more than 25 years of experience providing legal counsel
for real estate development and business transactions, and related
capital and finance matters. He is also co-leader of the firmfs
national Lending Team. Mr. Page has been part of some of the most
noteworthy projects in Western Michigan and brings clients a perspective
that includes insight on a wide variety of solutions to achieve project
and transaction funding, approval and completion. He also takes an
active role in helping clients understand the important legal issues
that impact their sustainable building projects.